by CanadianSailings | Oct 22, 2013 | Corporate events & profiles, Ocean Carriers, Other
ZIM is currently putting into service 420 new 20-foot open-top containers, which will increase the open-top share of its container fleet by about 20 per cent. This addition of new special containers is aimed at enhancing ZIM’s ongoing policy to ensure maximum...
by CanadianSailings | Oct 22, 2013 | Air, Corporate events & profiles, Ocean, Other, Rail
The United States Postal Service announced proposed price changes, including an increase in the price of a First-Class Mail single-piece letter from 46 cents to 49 cents. The proposed changes, which would go into effect in January 2014, are intended to generate $2...
by CanadianSailings | Oct 22, 2013 | Corporate events & profiles, Other, Shipbuilding and Repair
Tug and barge company McKeil Marine Limited has added a new barge to its fleet that is specifically designed to access shallower docks as a way to circumvent lower water level trends in the Great Lakes.The Huron Spirit, which was recently purchased in Mexico, was...
by CanadianSailings | Oct 22, 2013 | Corporate events & profiles, Ocean, Ocean Carriers, Other
Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) held a celebration to salute the maiden voyage of the fourth newly-built Trillium Class Laker, MV Baie Comeau, to its namesake city. City of Baie Comeau Mayor, Christine Brisson, joined Claude Dumais, Vice-President, Technical Operations...
by CanadianSailings | Oct 22, 2013 | Other, Shipbuilding and Repair
By William Hryb Hillcrest was the perfect vantage point to see history in the making for the city and port of Thunder Bay. It was a clear and warm Indian Summer day, on Friday morning, September 27, 2013, when the MV Thunder Bay with Captain Murray Lathum at the helm,...
